"All of you stay with the group please." I say as we pull up our destination. "I really don't feel like looking all over for you.........again."

"Yeah Rose." Sam says causing everybody to laugh except for the Cincy native.

"Excuse me for wanting to see a dog." Rose says.

"Well we're here so let's go." I say then everyone gets off the bus and heads over to the meet up point.

"Hi everyone." Some woman says. "And welcome to the Taronga Zoo Sydney."

After one of the trainings before the Norway game we did a woodwork competition where each team had to eat the two posts and the crossbars. The winning team got to pick what we do for one of the team bonding days in Australia and the winning team of Mal, Lindsey, Rose, Sam, Moe, and Sonnett chose to go to the zoo.

"My name's Macy and I'll be your guide today." The Zoo Worker says then she hands out wristbands. "These we'll give you free food, drinks, and one free item at the gift shop."

"Fuck yeah." Mal says causing everyone to chuckle. "I said that out loud didn't I?"

"You did Mal Pal." I say.

"My bad." The forward says while blushing.

"If all of you are ready we can get this tour started." Macy says.

Everybody nods so we start walking through the Zoo and the first thing we're lead to is the Koala exhibit.

"No Koala's?" Rose questions as we enter a barren exhibit.

"They're behind you." Macy says causing everyone to turn around and see workers holding a couple Koala's

"Oh my gosh." Sam says.

"We brought a couple out for you guys to hold." Macy says as someone hands me a koala.

"Well hello there." I say as some of the girls huddle around me.

The team and I spend around thirty minutes holding the Koala's and taking pictures with the animals then we move on with the tour. We see the Kangaroo's, the tigers, the Sun Bears, the elephants, the seals, and the giraffe's among other animals.

Once the tour ends 3 hours later we all head to the shop to get our one free item.

"Which one did you get?" Kelley asks as she looks in the bag

"Uh I got a Kangaroo, Tobin got a Koala, then we bought a Quokka and a white seal." I say.

"Why four?" My twin questions.

"Tobin and I want to have a family so we've started buying stuffed animals where ever we go so our kids can have some."

"Aww." Kelley coo's as Mal come's. "That's so cute."

"Astrid look what I got." Mal says with a smile as she shows me a Quokka stuffed animal. "Now my Panda will have a friend."

Mal still has the panda I got her after the first camp and I still give her a shirt after every camp that she puts on her panda.

"That's awesome Mal." I say and hug my favorite Coloradan. "You ready to go eat some Thai food?"

- - - - -

"LANA RUSH." Becky shouts

Alana rushes up from her position and intercept Logarzo's pass that was headed towards Kerr then she clears it up field.

"YEAH LANA."

We're playing Australia today and it's the beginning of the second half right now and the score is 1-1. Alex scored for us and Hayley Raso scored for the Matildas.

The ball that Alana clears upfield lands at Moe's feet so the midfielder lets the ball run through her legs as well as Logarzo's legs then she spins around and catches up to the ball. Once on the ball Moe is challenged by Emily van Egmond so she quickly passes to Julie who then chips the ball over the defense. The ball lands right at Christen's feet so she volley's it towards goal then the stadium watch as the ball flies past the outstretched glove of Mackenzie Arnold putting us up 2-1 in the 70th minute.

The team celebrate the goal then Christen comes over and hugs everyone before she heads to her

The rest of the game is boring so once the whistle blows I high-five my coaching staff then I walk over and shake the Australian coach's hand. After that I head onto the field and shake hands with the refs then I hug my players and tell them we'll meet in the locker room. I then make my way into the tunnel and do some press before I head into the locker room, change out of my suit, and change into my street clothes.

Eventually the whole team trickle in the locker room I do my last minute team talk then head to the bus. I get on the bus, sit in mine and Tobin's row, then rest my eyes the whole way back to the hotel. After we pull up to the hotel I grab my stuff then get off the bus and head up to Tobin and I's room. When I get in the room I hang my suit up then strip and take a shower. When I'm finished showering I dry myself off, change into sweat pants and a crop top, then I lay on the bed with my phone and a tablet. Once on the bed I scroll through twitter for a minute until my wife come's in the room.

"Um someone's here to see you." My wife says then Lindsey comes in the room.

"Hey Lindsey." I say.

"Hey Astrid." Lindsey says as Tobin sits next to me.

"Is this a coach conversation, a friend conversation, or a Mal Protector conversation?" I question.

"The latter two."

"Okay...What's up?"

"Well I've been thinking about doing something for a while now and um..........."

"Lindsey just tell me what's on your mind." I say.

"I wanna ask Mal to marry me." Lindsey blurts out.

"Oh."

"And you mean a lot to her so I would like to ask you if I can Marry her?"

"You hurt my Mal Pal I'm kicking your ass." I threaten.

"I know." Lindsey says and gulps.

"Good." I say with a smile. "You have my blessing to marry Mal."